Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction in a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung

  • Christopher El Mouhayyar,
  • Omar Chehab,
  • Emilia Khalil,
  • Mohammed Najeeb Al Hallak,
  • Amjad Kanj,
  • Carter Bishop

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2536
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 9 – 12

Abstract

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Abstract Paraneoplastic syndromes in lung malignancies can lead to leukemoid reaction with an elevation of eosinophils, neutrophils, and monocytes. The elevation of these three lineages together due to paraneoplastic syndromes has not been described in literature yet.

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